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NEWSLETTER

|Department Location: 416 Varner | |

| |Undergraduate Advisor: Craig Martin |

|Department Phones: (248)370-3510 or (248)370-3511 |403 Varner |

| |(248) 370-3527 |

|Department Office Hours: |martin@oakland.edu |

|M-F 8am-4:30pm | |

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|Chair: Todd Estes | |

|411 Varner (248)370-3534 |Please call department phone #’s for undergraduate advising appts. |

|estes@oakland.edu | |

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|Graduate Advisor: Don Matthews | |

|404 Varner (248)370-3525 | |

|matthews@oakland.edu | |

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|Information contained in this memo is current as of 5/04/17 and is subject to change. |

Noteworthy Items:

? Requirement for all history courses: There is an appropriate writing component in all history courses at all levels.

? Courses that satisfy the university general education requirement in the Western civilization knowledge area: HST 101, HST 102, HST 114, HST 115 & HST 292. (Note: not all courses are offered every semester.)

? Courses that satisfy the university general education requirement in U.S. diversity: HST 114, HST 115, HST 292, HST 318, HST 319, HST 322, HST 361, & HST 362. (Note: not all courses are offered every semester.)

Fall 2017 Classes

HST 1100

(CRN #: 41465)

Introduction to American History Before 1877

G. Milne

MWF, 9:20-10:27 AM, 163 SFH

Surveys American history from colonial times through the Reconstruction era.

Style: Lecture & discussion

Requirements: TBA

Books: Norton et al., A People and a Nation Vol. 1, 10th edition, bundled with Major Problems in American History Vol. 1, 4th edition.

HST 1100

(CRN #: 40202)

Introduction to American History Since 1877

M. J. Miles

TR, 8:00-9:47 AM, 242 EH

Surveys American history from colonial times through the Reconstruction era. Focuses on the social, political, and economic development of the United States.

Style: Lecture, discussion, and film.

Requirements: In-class mid-term exam (essay and objective), in-class final exam (essay and objective); book review paper; eight in-class open-book textbook reading quizzes; attendance.

Books: Oakes, Of the People, Concise 2nd Edition, Vol. 1; Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; Akers, Abigail Adams; Dew, Apostles of Disunion.

HST 1100

(CRN #: 40524)

Introduction to American History Before 1877

E. Dwyer

TR, 10:00AM – 11:47AM, 163 SFH

Surveys American history from colonial times through the Reconstruction era, focusing upon the formation of the United States and the forces promoting unity and division in the new nation.

Style: TBA

Requirements: TBA

Books: Shi, For the Record; A Documentary on History of America, Vol.1.

HST 1100

(CRN #: 42666)

Introduction to American History Before 1877

B. Zellers

M, 6:30-9:50 PM, 2085 HHB

The course traces the transformation of America from a place, a destination for immigrants from many nations, to a distinctive social order. We will examine the evolution of American society, culture, economy, and politics through the era of Reconstruction after the Civil War.

Style: Lecture & discussion.

Requirements: Two examinations and two essays.

Books: Tindall, America: A Narrative History; Binder/Reimers, The Way We Lived, Vol 2; Youngs, Eleanor Roosevelt; Kazin, A Godly Hero.

Recommended: Hacker, A Pocket Style Manual; Weiner, Enemies.

HST 1100

(CRN #: 42698)

Introduction American History Before 1877

D. Prentiss

T, 6:30-9:50 PM, 2085 HHB

Surveys American history from colonial times through the Reconstruction era, focusing upon the formation of the United States and the forces promoting unity and division in the new nation.

Style: Lecture, discussion, interactive learning activities.

Requirements: Reading, weekly assessments, two essays, e-portfolio.

Books: TopHat, US History Interactive Textbook; Also, history database from Kresge Library.

HST 1100

(CRN #: 43162)

Introduction American History Before 1877

D. Prentiss

On-line

Surveys American history from colonial times through the Reconstruction era, focusing upon the formation of the United States and the forces promoting unity and division in the new nation.

Style:

Interactive learning activities.

Requirements: Readings, weekly assessments, two essays, e-portfolio.

Books: TopHat, US History Interactive Textbook; Also, history database from Kresge Library.

HST 1200

(CRN #: 40476)

Introduction American History Since 1877

C. Shelly

MWF, 8:00-9:07 AM, 242 EH

This survey of American history since Reconstruction emphasizes political, economic, social, and diplomatic themes. Major topics include immigration, race relations, politics and political reform efforts, the Great Depression, twentieth-century wars (hot and cold), etc.

Style: Lecture & discussion.

Requirements: 4-6 page paper based on assigned reading; three or four exams (primarily essay).

Books: Foner, Give Me Liberty; Bell, Out of This Furnace; McElvaine, Down & Out in the Great Depression.

HST 1200

(CRN #: 40203)

Introduction American History Since 1877

C. Shelly

MWF, 10:40-11:47 AM, 163 SFH

This survey of American history since Reconstruction emphasizes political, economic, social, and diplomatic themes. Major topics include immigration, race relations, politics and political reform efforts, the Great Depression, twentieth-century wars (hot and cold), etc.

Style: Lecture & discussion.

Requirements: 4-6 page paper based on assigned reading; three or four exams (primarily essay).

Books: Foner, Give Me Liberty; Bell, Out of This Furnace; McElvaine, Down & Out in the Great Depression.

HST 1200

(CRN #: 40606)

Introduction American History Since 1877

M. J. Miles

TR, 10:00-11:47 AM, 4050 HHB

Surveys American history from Reconstruction to the present. Focuses on the social, political, and economic development of the United States.

Style: Lecture, discussion & film.

Requirements: In-class mid-term exam (essay and objective), in-class final exam (essay and objective); book review paper; eight in-class open-book textbook reading quizzes; attendance.

Books: Oakes, Of the People, 3rd Edition, Vol. II.; Washington, Up From Slavery; Youngs, Eleanor Roosevelt; A Personal and Public Life; Seiler, Republic of Drivers: A Cultural History of Automobility in America.

HST 1200

(CRN #: 41467)

Introduction American History Since 1877

J. Powell

TR, 1:00-2:47 PM, 242 EH

Surveys American history from Reconstruction to the present,

emphasizing the emergence of the United States as an industrial-urban nation with global interests.

Style: Lecture & discussion.

Requirements: TBA

Books: Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative; Von Drehle, Triangle: The Fire that Changed America; O’Brien, The Things They Carried.

HST 1200

(CRN #: 44442)

Introduction American History Since 1877

B. Zellers

W, 6:30-9:50 PM, 2085 HHB

Surveys American history from Reconstruction to the present, emphasizing the emergence of the United States as an industrial-urban nation with global interests and challenges these posed American hopes and expectations.

Style: Lecture & discussion.

Requirements: Two brief essays, two examinations.

Books: Tindall, America; Binder & Reimers, The Way We Lived, Vol. 2; Hayden, Building Suburbia; Hayden, A Field Guide to Sprawl.

Recommended: Hacker, A Pocket Style Manual; Youngs, Eleanor Roosevelt.

HST 1300

(CRN #: 41713)

Introduction European History Before 1715

I. Greenspan

MWF, 12:00-1:07 PM, 105 WH

Surveys the history of Europe from the ancient period through the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation and the Early Modern periods.

Style: TBA

Requirements: TBA

Books: Spielvogel, Cengage Advantage Books; Western Civilization, Vol. 1: To 1715 9th Edition; Perry, Sources of the Western Tradition, Vol. 1 8th edition.

HST 1300

(CRN #: 40748)

Introduction European History Before 1715

J. Naus

TR, 1:00-2:47 PM, 163 SFH

Surveys the history of Europe from the ancient period through the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation and the Early Modern periods.

Style: TBA

Requirements: TBA

Books: Cole, Symes, Coffin & Stacey, Western Civilization: Their History and Their Culture; Euripides, The Trojan Women; Wiesner, Ruff & Wheeler, Discovering the Western Past.

HST 1400

(CRN #: 40747)

Introduction to European History Since 1715

S. Chapman Williams

MWF, 10:40-11:47 AM, 102 WH

Surveys the history of Europe from the Enlightenment to the present.

Style:  Lecture and required weekly discussion meetings.

Requirements: Map quizzes, required participation in weekly

discussions, and three in-class short answer and essay exams.

Books: Kagan, Western Heritage-TLC, Vol.II; Wiesner-Hanks,

Discovering Western Past, Vol. II, 6th edition.

HST 1400

(CRN #: 40204)

Introduction to European History Since 1715

I. Greenspan

MWF, 2:40-3:47 PM, 105 WH

Surveys the history of Europe from the Enlightenment to the present.

Style: TBA

Requirements: TBA

Books: Spielvogel, Western Civilization, Vol. II.; Perry, Sources of the Western Tradition, Vol 2.

HST 1400

(CRN #: 41776)

Introduction to European History Since 1715

J. Powell

TR, 3:00-4:47 PM, 242 EH

Surveys the history of Europe from the Enlightenment to the present.

Style: Lecture and discussion

Requirements: TBA

Books: Perry, Western Civilization; France, The Gods Will Have Blood; Camus, The Stranger.

HST 2020

(CRN #: 44478)

Piracy in Atlantic World

G. Milne

MWF, 12:00-1:07 PM, 208 EH

This course examines popular images of pirates and piracy in the light of historical sources and historians’ analyses. In doing so, it will investigate the social, political, religious, and economic motivations for piracy and its role in the development of the Atlantic World.

Style: Lecture and discussion.

Undergraduate Requirements: three short papers, a mid-term, and a take-home final.

Undergraduate Books: Games & Rothman, Major Problems in Atlantic History; Lane, Pillaging the Empire; Rediker, Villians of All Nations; Lambert, The Barbary Wars.

HST 2280

(CRN #: 40482)

History of African-American People

D. Dykes

TR, 1:00-2:47 PM, 4043 HHB

Surveys the African-American experience from the African background through the Civil War and post-Civil War periods to the present.

Style: TBA

Requirements: TBA

Books: Franklin & Brooks, From Slavery to Freedom; Sterling, Black Foremothers; HST 292 Coursepack.

HST 2380

(CRN #: 44477)

Science/Tech Western Culture

C. Martin

TR, 10:00-11:47 AM, 318 PH

A survey of the development of science from antiquity to the present with reference to its technological consequences and influence upon society.

Style: TBA

Requirements: TBA

Books: Jacob, The Scientific Revolution; Herbert, Charles Darwin and the Question of Evolution; Bowler & Morus, Making Modern Science.

HST 2602

(CRN #: 44481)

Introduction to Latin America History Since 1825

E. Shesko

MWF, 10:00-11:47 AM, 235 EH

Surveys the national period of Latin America from 1825 to the present, emphasizing the role of race in national identities, the problems of nation-building and modernization, the emergence of nationalism and militarism, and the root of social revolutionary ferment.

Style: Discussion & Lecture

Requirements: Reading responses, two 4-page essays, midterm and final.

Books: Meade, A History of Modern Latin America; Beezley, Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico; Charlip, Consider the Source; Garrard-Burnett, Terror in the Land of the Holy Spirit.

HST 3000

(CRN #: 40201)

Seminar in Historical Research

W. Matthews

MWF, 9:20-10:27 AM, 4050 HHB

Prerequisites: WRT1060; one history course; History major or instructor’s permission.

The course introduces students to historiography, methods of historical research, and the writing of research papers. Students will write a research paper addressing the engagement of the US and Americans with the Middle East, and students will present their findings to the class.

Style: Lectures & discussion and student presentations.

Requirements: TBA.

Books: Hahn, Crisis and Crossfire; Storey, Writing History.

HST 3000

(CRN #: 40345)

Seminar in Historical Research

D. Clark

TR, 3:00-4:47 PM, 165 SFH

Prerequisite: WRT 1060;

This course will explore U.S. history from the perspective of “labor.” We will discuss competing concepts of how “labor” should act, and we will examine how “labor” has behaved in the real world, with particular (although not exclusive) emphasis on organized labor.

Style: Discussion and in-class peer-edition sessions.

Requirements: Library Exercis, primary source analysis, article analysis, topic proposal, first and second drafts of the research paper, final draft of the research paper.

Books: Davidson, After the Fact; Martin, Brown v. Board of Education; Turabian, A Manual for Writers.

HST 3010

(CRN #: 44492)

Historical Thinking/Writing

E. Shesko

MWF, 2:40-3:47 PM, 268 SFH

Prerequisite: WRT 1060;

Introduction to the process of historical thinking and the building of historical arguments with evidence. Development of writing and revising skills for the discipline of history. Emphasizes short weekly writing and peer-editing assignments. Historical focus on conquest of Mexico.

Style: Discussion

Requirements: 2 page weekly papers, midterm, 4 page final paper.

Books: Matthew/Oudijk, Indian Conquistadors; Rossenwasser/Stephen, Writing Analytically; Schwartz, Victors & Vanquished.

HST 3125/5125

(CRN #: 44444, 44445)

US Early National Period 1787-1815

T. Estes

MWF, 1:20-2:27 PM, 204 EH

Prerequisite: WRT 1060;

A detailed, topical study of the political, social, cultural, and economic development

of the United States from the drafting of the Constitution through the end of the War of 1812. 

Course will be organized around significant topics, themes, and issues of the period.

Style: Lecture and discussion.

Undergraduate Requirements: Several papers, exams and regular participation in class discussion.

Graduate Requirements: same as above but with additional assignments.

Undergraduate Books: Taylor, William Cooper’s Town; Manning, The Key of Liberty; Banning, Liberty and Order; Rockman, Welfare Reform in the Early Republic; Kornblith, Slavery & Sectional Strife in the Early American Republic, 1776-1821; Glover, The Fate of the Revolution; Sharman, Original Intents; Gordon-Reed & Onuf, Most Blessed of the Patriarchs.

Graduate Books: same as undergraduate but with additional library reading requirements.

HST 3204/5204 LBS 5902

(CRN #: 44484, 44485, 43399)

American History 1928-1945

K. Miller

TR, 1:00-2:47 PM, 123 HH

Prerequisites: WRT 1060; 

The development of the American economy and society during the Great Depression and World War II.  Special attention will be given to the actions of the Roosevelt administration.  

Style: lecture/discussion

Requirements: TBA

Books: Maher, Nature's New Deal; Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Carlton & Coclanis, Confronting Southern Poverty; Sledge, With the Old Breed; and Peterson, Planning the Homefront.

HST 3210/5210 LBS 5902

(CRN #: 43801, 43802, 43402)

American Foreign Relations 20th Century

K. Miller

TR, 10:00-11:47 AM, 123 HH

Prerequisites: WRT 1060; 

American foreign policy concerning strategic problems from the Spanish-American War to the present.  The focus will largely fall on issues of diplomacy with equal partners, 

notably the two World Wars and the Cold War.  However, there will be substantial discussion of asymmetrical diplomacy, such as Caribbean interventions and the Vietnam War.

Style: Lecture/discussion. 

Undergraduate Requirements: TBA

Graduate Requirements: TBA

Books: Keene, Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America; Glantz, FDR and the Soviet Union; Carruthers, The Good Occupation; Lair, Armed with Abundance; Brooks, How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything.

HST 3230/5230 LBS 5902

(CRN #: 44487, 44488 43446)

American Labor History

D. Clark

T, 6:30-9:50 PM, 135 DH

Prerequisite: WRT 1060; Explores U.S. history since 1877 largely from the perspectives of workers. What have workers wanted? What have managers wanted? How have disagreements been resolved? Among the themes this course addresses are the rise and fall of various union movements and the impact of race, gender, ethnicity, and globalization in workplaces and in communities.

Style: Discussion & film.

Undergraduate Requirements: Three take-home papers, attendance, participation.

Graduate Requirements: Three take-home papers, attendance, plus extra reading/writing.

Undergraduate Books: Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed; Clark, Like Night and Day; Geoghegan, Which Side Are You On?; Sugrue, Origins of the Urban Crisis; Cohen, Making a New Deal; Dubofsky & McCartin, American Labor.

Graduate Books: Same as above plus TBA.

HST 3240

(CRN #: 44491)

Introduction to Public History

E. Dwyer

TR, 1:00-2:47 PM, 309 PH

Prerequisite: WRT 1060;

Style: TBA

Requirements: TBA

Books: Denise Meringolo,

Museums, Monuments, and National Parks : Toward a New Genealogy of Public History.

HST 3275/5275 LBS 5902

(CRN #: 41779, 41780, 43400)

History of American Families

D. Dykes

TR, 10:00-11:47 AM, 187 MSC

Prerequisite: WRT 1060;

This course will focus upon the history of families in America as social and historical institutions. Readings will cover native born and immigrant families as well as ethnic and racial minorities. Each student will write a paper on his or her own family history. (Identical with WGS 3821.)

Style: Lecture/discussion/films.

Undergraduate Requirements: Two examinations, essay and objective, and a family history paper.

Graduate Requirements: Same.

Undergraduate Books: Mintz & Kellogg, Domestic Revolutions; Moody, Coming of Age in Mississippi; Morgan, How to Do Everything Genealogy; HST 3275/5275 coursepack.

Graduate Books: Same plus Degler, At Odds.

HST 3355

(CRN #: 44486)

Occult Science and Witchcraft in Europe

C. Martin

TR, 1:00-2:47 PM, 307 PH

Prerequisite: WRT 1060; Examines the occult sciences (alchemy, astrology, and natural philosophy) in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries. Focuses on the relations between practices of these fields and religion, philosophy, politics, and the development of the scientific revolution.

Style: TBA

Requirements: TBA

Books: Principe, The Secrets of Alchemy; Grafton, Cardano’s Cosmos; Yates, Giordano Bruno & The Hermetic Tradition; Mirandola, On the Dignity of Man; Copenhaver, The Book of Magic.

HST 3390/5390

(CRN #: 41778, 44452)

Early Modern France

S. Williams

MWF, 9:20-10:27 AM, 313 WH

Prerequisite: WRT 1060;

The ancient regime in France from the Wars of Religion through the Enlightenment, 1550s-1730s.

Style: Lecture & Discussion. Undergraduate Requirements:

Two papers on designated topics,

midterm and final essay exam, discussion participation.

Graduate Requirements: Major historiography/research paper,

midterm and final exam, discussion participation

Undergraduate Books: Diefendorf, ed.

The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, Collins, The State in Early Modern France;

Hill, The Political Testament of Cardinal Richelieu (and others)

Graduate Books: Same as undergraduate books plus additional readings and research paper, TBA.

HST 3410/5410 LBS 5902

(CRN #: 44489, 44490, 43410)

European Thought and Ideology from the French Revolution to the Present

S. Moran

R, 6:30-9:50 PM, 210 EH

Prerequisite: WRT 1060;

A topical and thematic history of modern European thought and ideology: romanticism; liberalism and progress; science and technology; socialism; conservatism, pessimism, and the “revolt against reason”; fin de siècle culture; the effects of the Great War; fascism, genocide and totalitarianism; and religious and existentialist thought.

Style: TBA

Undergraduate Requirements: TBA

Graduate Requirements: TBA

Undergraduate Books: Marx, Selected Writings; Freud, An Outline of Psycho Analysis; Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy: Out of the Spirit of Music; Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time; Graves, Goodbye to All That; Rousseau, The Social Contract and Discourses; De Unamuno, The Tragic Sense of Life.

Graduate Books: TBA

HST 3540/5540 LBS 5902

(CRN #: 42054, 42055, 44369)

Arab-Israeli Conflict

W. Matthews

MWF, 10:40-11:47 AM, 123 HH

Prerequisite: WRT 1060;

Examines the origins and development of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the emergence of a peace process, and the collapse of that process, focusing primarily on the development of Israeli and Palestinian political identities and institutions.

Style: TBA

Requirements: TBA

Books: Laqueur & Rubin, The Israel-Arab Reader; Smith, Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict; Gribetz, Defining Neighbors; Laron, The Six Day War.

HST 3830 LBS 5902

(CRN #: 44457, 45902)

Women in China: Past and Present

Y. Li

M, 6:30-9:50 PM, 220 HH

Prerequisite: WRT 1060;

The history of women’s changing position in modern China, including a survey of women’s status in traditional Chinese society under the Qing (1644-1911), women as contributors to modernization in China during the revolutionary period (1912-1949), and their struggle for equality since 1949. (Identical with WGS 3825.)

Style: Lecture/discussion/film.

Requirements: one exam; oral presentation; short written assignments; research paper.

Books: Idema & Grant, The Red Brush; Pruitt, A Daughter of Han; Ye & Ziaodong, Growing Up in the People’s Republic; Pa, Family.

HST 3903 REL 3440

(CRN #: 44479, 44686)

ST: The Holocaust

I. Greenspan

MWF, 1:20-2:27 PM, 123 HH

Prerequisites: WRT 1060;

An overview of the significant anti-Semitic ideologies, possible causes, crucial events, and important outcomes of the Holocaust, with particular focus on the historical debates and varying perspectives on the factors that led to the implementation of the Final Solution and the attempted destruction of the Jewish people.

Style: TBA

Undergraduate Requirements: TBA

Graduate Requirements: TBA

Books: Dwork, Holocaust; Wistrich, Hitler and the Holocaust; Friedlander, Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1933-1945; Goldhagen, Hitler’s Willing Executioners; Browning, Ordinary Men; Gotz Aly, Final Solutions; Lipstandt, Denying the Holocaust.

Recommended: TBA

HST 3920

(CRN #: TBA)

Directed Readings in History

Staff

Prerequisites: WRT 1060; and instructor permission. Independent but directed readings for juniors and seniors interested in fields of history in which advanced courses are not available. Offered each semester.

It is the student’s responsibility to contact and make arrangements with an instructor prior to registering for this course.

HST 3930

(CRN #: TBA)

Field Experience: Public History

Staff

Prerequisites: HST 3000 with a grade of 3.3 or higher and JR/SR standing; 24 credits in history, of which at least 8 must be at the 300-400 level; instructor permission. Field experience in history, with faculty supervision that incorporates student performance in an occupational setting. May not be repeated for credit. It is the student’s responsibility to contact and make arrangements with an instructor prior to registering for this course.

HST 4972

(CRN #: 40531)

Capstone in European History

S. Williams

MWF, 12:00-1:07 PM, 301 WH

Prerequisites: History major; HST 3000; 20 credits in history; senior standing.

This capstone will explore the history of New France, including the Great Lakes region, ~1600-1760s. Historiography, research techniques, and research problems will be a core part of the course and facilitate

students’ completion of their independent research projects and papers due at the end of the semester.

Style: Seminar discussions of assigned readings and independent research.

Requirements: Required participation in seminar discussions of assigned readings,

in-class written analyses of all assigned readings, research-in-progress assignments,

submission of two full-length drafts on due dates and submission of final research paper based on primary and secondary sources.

Books: Eccles, The Canadian Frontier;  Greer,

The People of New France; White, The Middle Ground; Banks, Chasing Empire Across the Sea; Witgen, An Infinity of Nations (and others)

 

HST 4972

(CRN #: 43183)

Capstone in European History

J. Naus

T, 6:30-9:50 PM, 102 MSC

MWF, 12:00 1:07 PM, 301 WH

Prerequisites: History major; HST 3000; 20 credits in history; senior standing.

Style: TBA

Requirements: TBA

Books: TBA

HST 4978

(CRN #: 41126)

Capstone in American History

K. Miller

T, 5:30-8:50 PM, 168 SFH

Prerequisites: History major; HST 3000; 20 credits in history; senior standing.

This capstone will explore the problem of race in Detroit since the 1920s.  Historiography, research techniques, and research problems will be a core part of the course and facilitate students’ completion of their independent research projects and papers due at the end of the semester.

Style: Seminar discussions and independent research.

Requirements: Required participation in seminar discussions of assigned readings, short research-in-progress assignments, submission of at least one full-length draft on due dates and submission of final research paper based on primary and secondary sources.

Books: Miller, Managing Inequality; Sugrue, Origins of the Urban Crisis; Thomas, Redevelopment and Race; Hartigan, Racial Situations; and Kinney, Beautiful Wasteland.

HST 4995

(CRN #: TBA)

Directed Research in History

Staff

Prerequisite: grad status, permission of supervising instructor.

Directed individual readings on specific topics.

HST 5920

(CRN #: TBA)

Directed Readings for Graduate Students

Staff

Prerequisite: grad status, permission of supervising instructor.

Directed individual readings on specific topics.

HST 6940

(CRN #: 43166)

Colloquium in History

G. Milne

M, 6:30-9:50 PM, 433 VAR

This course will focus on the question of citizenship in modern America. The common readings will examine both citizenship theory and how historians have used various approaches to examine who was eligible for citizenship in the early 20th century.

Style: Seminar

Requirements: Students are expected to engage in a group discussion of the common readings. In addition, they will write a paper of approximately 20 pages on a topic approved by the instructor.

Books: No Books

HST 6995

(CRN#: TBA)

Research Tutorial

Staff

Prerequisite: grad status, permission of supervising instructor.

Directed individual research leading to the writing of a scholarly paper of substantial length. May be repeated for credit.

HST 6998

(CRN #: TBA)

Field or Thesis Examination

Staff

Prerequisite: grad status, permission of faculty advisor.

Examination taken in the last semester of the student’s program; student must secure permission of the faculty advisor before registering.

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